Dope Smuggling Ring Tied to Indiana Harbor Jail Case
Police in East Chicago and Chicago authorities probe a large scale drug network after Bernice Contressa smuggled cocaine marijuana and needles into Indiana Harbor jail where her husband John Contressa was held on robbery suspects. A home search turned up more cocaine and drug paraphernalia as investigators seek the supply source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ind
Calumet
Indiana Harbor
Bernice Contressa
John Contressa
Injured Man Sues Nickel Plate for 20000 Damages
Tony Ray sues the Nickel Plate railroad in Grant circuit court for 20000 alleging negligence after a switch engine backed into a fruit car in July 1927 injuring his leg and side. He earned 55 dollars a week then and now walks with a cane and crutch preventing return to his prior position.
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Po Timee
Marion
Ind
Nickel Plate Railroad
Grant Circuit
Tony Ray
Ray
Madison and Delaware court suits seek 10000 damages
In Madison Indiana two sisters Mrs Ida Jones and Mrs Melissa Harrison sue for 10000 each for personal injuries and 300 for Mrs Harrison after a collision on the Jackson street road west of the Madison Delaware county line with defendant George Edwards of Alexandria.
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Mimes Snevtal Anderson
Ind
Madison
Ida Jones
Melissa Harrison
Harrison
George Edwards
Alexandria
Edwards
Jackson Street Road
Delaware County Line
Miriam Seegar Aims for Stardom and Sunlit Leisure
London stage actress Miriam Seegar, born in Greentown Indiana, recalls early chautauqua work, London stage success, and a Hollywood leap after signing for Fashion in Love. She admits not tanning well and jokes about failed golf and horseback riding dreams while eyeing a five year Paramount contract and a possible pairing with Richard Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olly Woolly
Cal
Miriam Seegar
London
Miss Seegar
Paramount
Richard Dix
RKO
Bank Robbery Suspect Held In Gas City Heist
Jesse Brinkley, 34, of Muncie is in custody as a suspect in the $20,000 State Bank of Gas City robbery. He allegedly drove the fleeing car as three men escaped after a high speed crash near Eaton. Ten posses hunt for the bandits across northeastern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomes Accolnt
Muncie
Ind
Jesse Brinkley
State Bank of
Gas City
Eaton
Miles Pierce
Marion
Indiana
Printers to Meet at Frankfort Indiana Conference
About 150 printers are expected for the annual midsummer session of the Indiana state conference of Typographical unions in Frankfort July 20 and 21. The Frankfort union with seventeen members hosts the event at the American Legion home with a Saturday banquet and Sunday sessions. Indianapolis Printers' band to perform on the public square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timee &Portal
Frankfort
Ind
Indiana
Indianapolis
Public Square
Williams Befriended Man Then Edwards Went Missing
In Anderson Indiana Vern Williams a Black man sheltered David Edwards giving him room and board. Edwards vanished with a suit of clothes and Williams revolver. In Warsaw Indiana Ralph Riff ten son of Fred and Mrs Riff died from injuries after a toy cannon exploded on July 4 fracturing his skull and blowing out an eye.
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Y Times
Anderson
Ind
Vern Williams
David Edwards
Edwards
Williams
Times Special
Warsaw
Ralph Riff
Fred Riff
Muncie
Petersen case probes embezzlement by ex postmaster
South Bend Ind July 13 The federal court in South Bend is investigating Andrew G Petersen Teegarden former post master after his guilty plea to embezzling 300 dollars of government funds Judge Thomas W Slick presided over the plea and related proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Andrew G. Petersen
Teegarden
Thomas W. Slick
Frankfort Police Clash Over Street Attire Crackdown
Frankfort Indiana July 13 John Haffner police chief says he opposes enforcing a Charleston Illinois order to jail girls seen in shortened skirts and bare legs. He notes the issue is not his concern despite public pressure and moral anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
W. R. Baker
Charleston
Ill
John Haffner
Haffner
Law Enforcement Session Indorsed in Gary Ind
Police chief William A. Forbis orders a ban on using cars as dressing rooms at Lake Front Park. If ineffective, cars will be towed with bathers clothes, leaving offenders in bathing suits. In Muncie three men argued over who slept in the middle and one stabbed another with scissors. Andrew Stalworth paid a 15 fine for assault and battery on Walter Lewis.
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Times
Gary
Ind
William A. Forbis
Lake Front Park
Forbis
Muncie
Andrew Stalworth
Walter Lewis
Brockway inspectors report Marion plant operating well
W R Eddy director of purchasing and Rodman Reed chief engineer of Brockway Motor Corp completed inspection of Indiana Truck Corp in Marion a Brockway subsidiary. Marion plant operates full time with prospects for steady operation rest of year. Mayor orders police to kill dogs at large unless muzzled after children bitten by presumed mad dogs. Rev Daniel E Hudson longtime Ave Maria editor at Notre Dame to retire in September due to ill health. Anna Catharine Gipe 19 injured in automobile crash near here with fractured skull and hospitalized in Indianapolis.
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Marion
Ind
W. R. Eddy
Rodman Reed
Brockway Motor Corporation
Indiana Truck Corporation
Brockway Corporation
Bu Times
Noblesville
J. X. Joseph
Times Special
South Bend
Daniel E. Hudson
Ave Maria
University of Notre Dame
Eugene Burke
Wertz Memorial United Brethren Church Marks Sixth Anniversary
The Wertz Memorial United Brethren church in Columbus Indiana will observe its sixth anniversary with special services Sunday morning and evening. Martin Bassett a Purdue graduate from Vincennes has been chosen agriculture teacher at the local high school succeeding Floyd Miller who resigned to become Putnam county farm agent.
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Columbus
Ind
Wertz Memorial United Brethren Church
Greencastle
Martin Bassett
Vincennes
Purdue University
Floyd Miller
Putnant
Church Seeks The First New Dollar For Collection
Peru Indiana July 13 Pastor Dr Alfred H Backus urges all members of First Methodist church to give the first new small size currency they receive, the one dollar bill, to the church collection.
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Peru
Ind
First Methodist Church
Alfred H. Backus
Wheat Thrashing Begins Near Mor ton
The first wheat threshing in Putam county starts west of Morton. Quality is reported as good.
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Times Special
Greencastle
Ind
Putam County
Morton
Indiana Bar Association backs governor conference in October
The Indiana State Bar Association voted at its state convention to aid Governor Harry G. Leslie's law enforcement conference in October and formed a five member committee to approach the governor. Attorney General James M. Ogden is on the committee. Robert H. McCarter urged higher education for lawyers at the banquet, criticizing the jury system as antiquated. In Anderson, Rev. J. R. Stanforth returns to Frankfort to preach at Noble Street church on Sunday.
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Pa Times
Gary
Ind
Indiana State Bar Association
Harry G. Leslie
James M. Ogden
Indiana
Robert H. McCarter
New Jersey Bar Association
Hall-Mills
McCarter
Bay Times
Anderson
J. R. Stanforth
M. E
Frankfort
Noble Street
Six Die in Indiana Violence Toll
Six people die in Indiana from violence and traffic within a 24 hour span. Victims include Frank Kowalski 84 struck by a New York Central train in South Bend Emmett Smith 40 after his car was hit by a thief's vehicle Delilah Weston killed by a truck driven by John Kronewitter charged with manslaughter and drunken driving.
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South Bend
Frank Kowalski
New York Central
Emmett Smith
Delilah Weston
John Kronewitter
Russell Harness
Walton
Deer Creek
Ralph Weaver
Shipsewana
Shore Lake
Liquor Expert Cliff Donham Arrested on Federal Charge
Cliff Donham a well known local figure in Terre Haute is under arrest in Louisville Kentucky on a federal charge of manufacturing liquor He had sought work as an undercover agent for prohibition officials claiming deep liquor knowledge He was briefly held in the Jackie Morrison murder case and on a theft charge involving an Indiana National Guard armory rifle.
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Pa Times
Terre Haute
Ind
Cliff Donham
Louisville
Donham
Prohibition
Jackie Morrison
Indiana National Guard Armory
Attack on court ruling sparks Delaware circuit court case
In Muncie Indiana on July 13 a Delaware circuit court record shows a suit challenging a support order to Mrs Irene McGann from her husband Edward McGann. The counter suit claims Irene has a stake in property worth thousands and earns 25 dollars weekly.
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Po Times
Muncie
Ind
Delaware Circuit Court
Suport
Irene McGann
Edward McGann
Indiana Moves to Aid Lincoln Memorial Road
Vincennes Indiana July 13 steps toward forming a southern Indiana group to back a proposal for a Lincoln Memorial Highway from Hodgenville Kentucky to Springfield Illinois. A committee with Albert Wedeking Dale state highway commissioner John Chappell and Dr J N McCoy was named. Illinois already has a group and Kentucky may follow. Fifty markers already line the route confirming Lincoln life events and a road at least forty feet wide is urged.
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Vincennes
Ind
Indiana
Hodgenville
Springfield
Tll
Abraham Lincoln
Albert Wedeking
Dale
John Chappell
Peters Burg
J. N. McCoy
Hoosier State Automobile Association
Tllinois
Kentucky
Lincoln Memorial Boulevard Association
Tlinois Organization
Curtis Shake
Claude E. Gregg
FE. O. McCann
Tlinois Association
Lincoln
Grant County Divorces Surge As Four Decrees Granted
Marion Indiana July 13 four divorces granted in Superior Court by Judge Robert F Murray and four new suits filed in county clerk's office in one day. Grounds include cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide. Names include Loretta Owens Mildred Caudle Bertha Kenyon Nellie Hurst Edith Vardaman Benjamin Vardaman Fred Clark Ruth Reed John Konarzewski Frances Konarzewski.
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Marion
Ind
Superior Court
Robert F. Murray
Loretta Owens
Joseph Owens
Mildred C. Caudle
Richard L. Caudle
Bertha M. Kenyon
James A. Kenyon
Nellie J. Hurst
Alonzo Hurst
Edith Vardaman
Benjamin Vardaman
Fred Clark
Ruby Clark
Ruth Reed
Joseph Reed
John Konarzewiski
Frances Konarzewski
Finch Family Ties Highlight Memorial Visit At Riverside Cemetery
Tommy Hollingsworth, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oursler, visited a Riverside Cemetery memorial for his ancestor John Finch born 1767 in New York. The Finch line traces to Sir Heneage Finch, earl of Nottingham, born 1643, with a portrait in London's national art gallery.
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Noblesville
Ind
Tommy Hollingsworth
Frank Oursler
Riverside Cemetery
John Finch
New York
Tommy
Finch
Elizabeth Finch Davidson
R. H. Davidson
Boonville Press Club Picnic Draws 7000 Attendees
Seven thousand are expected at Nancy Hanks Park in Lincoln City Indiana for the sixth annual Boonville Press Club picnic. Speakers include Indiana Governor Harry G Leslie and Kentucky Governor Flem D Sampson. Club members are newspaper workers from southern Indiana with officers Philip Lutz Jr president Charles H Johnson vice president Roy R Rucker treasurer and E W Owen secretary.
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Pa Times
Lincoln City
Ind
Nancy Hanks Park
Boonville Press Club
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
Flem D. Sampson
Kentucky
Philip Lutz Jr
Charles H. Johnson
Roy R. Rucker
E. W. Owen
Muncie Exchange Club Members to Camp Sing-along Dedication
Muncie Indiana July 13 members of the Muncie Exchange Club will travel to Camp Sing-along at Tri-Lakes on Sunday for the dedication of a memorial boulder and bronze tablet to all Muncie residents who aided the camp through gifts. The camp site was donated by the Exchange Club.
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Pn Times
Muncie
Ind
White River conference chairmen named for United Brethren
Rev. H. C. Schlarb appoints committee chairs to lead arrangements for the annual White River conference of the United Brethren church in central Indiana. The event runs from August 27 to September 1 and involves 120 churches. M. J. Thomas leads the entertainment committee and Mrs. Bertha Penniston heads the dining room committee.
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Anderson
Ind
H. C. Schlarb
White River
United Brethren Church
M. J. Thomas
Bertha Penniston
Indiana
Mayor Lee Welbourn Dies at 46 in Union City
Union City Indiana July 13 United Press reports Mayor Lee M Welbourn aged 46 died at his home after a six year illness He served as mayor for three and a half years He had been a local official in Union City since his election and was widely known in the community.
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United Press Union City
Ind
Lee M. Welbourn
Indiana University to Survey Retail Drug Stores
Bloomington July 13 Indiana university bureau of business research and the state pharmaceutical association will jointly study retail drug stores. Professor George W Starr director of the bureau proposed the plan which the association accepted. A comprehensive survey of the drug trade will precede an operating schedule tied to store and town size.
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United Press
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Indiana University Bureau of Business Research
State Pharmaceutical Association
George W. Starr
Starr
Notre Dame Priest Assignments Go To Fall Posts
The Rev. James A. Burns announces duties for Congregation of the Holy Cross members at Sacred Heart church Notre Dame Ind with many moving to new posts. Assignments span Holy Cross institutions in South Bend Washington New Orleans Chicago Indianapolis Milwaukee and more including colleges universities and high schools.
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Notre Dame
Ind
James A. Burns
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Sacred Heart Church
Fathers—De Groote
Holy Cross Church
South Bend
Phelan
Home Missions
George Marr
Holy Cross College
Washington
Eugene Burke
Ave Maria McGinn
College of St. Thomas
William Malory
University of Notre Dame
Delaunay
New Orleans
William Carey
Columbia University
Devers
Sacred Heart College
Watertown
Richmond
A. MacDonald
St. Mary's Church
Austin
Tex
Rosewicr
Remmel
Secred Heart Church
Glueckert
Vincent Mooney
College of St. Thomas Brown
St. Edward's University
Clancy
F. Butler
Notre Dame University
J. McAlister
Holy Cross Seminary
James Ryan
Moore
Baldwin
Havey
Foreign Mission Seminary
C. McAllister
L. Flood
Holy Cross Mission
T. Kelly
4H. Bolger
Bremman
Morsris
McAvoy
Fielder
St. Edwards University
Pisher
St. Patrick's Church
South
Godfrey
Columbia
Witus
Ave Maria
George
Holy Trinity High School
Chicago
Ansiem
Frederick
Cathedral High School
Indianapolis
Ignatius
Prefect
Cuthbert
Norbert
Hyacinth
Richard
Edward
Dutarie Institute
Bastian
Philip
Brownson Hall
Paul
Central Catholic High School
Warne
Herman
Holy Trinity
Theodore
Majella
Thomas
Marius
Celsus
Raphael
Reitz Memorial
Evansville
Julian
Rupert
Dujarie Institute
James
Bernadine
Cosmos
Patrick
Carroll Hall
Vianney
Venard
Octavius
Victorian
Central
Catholic High School
Wayne
Crysostom
Virgil
Loyola
Philbert
Antoninus
Portland
Herbert
Cook
St. Charles Home
Milwaukee
Claver
Community Infirmary
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